A National E-Governance Project of G.O.I

About Us

The GoI has undertaken the “Ease of Doing Business (EoDB)” project all over the country to facilitate a “Business friendly environment”, so that Entrepreneurs can Establish and Operate Business enterprises in the various States, easily and quickly. One major component of EoDB project is the establishment of “Single Window Clearance (SWC) portal” by states so that all clearances provided by States to business enterprises are brought under a Single System, which will reduce the hardships faced by business community in the country.

In A & N Islands, District Industries Centre (DIC) is the Nodal department for implementing EoDB project. The SWC portal for A & N Admin has been has been designed and developed by NIC, Port Blair in coordination with DIC and various departments of A & N Admin. The SWC portal has been developed by NIC after analysis of efforts taken by other States in this direction and following Guidelines of GoI for EoDB project and SWC portal.

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Package Of Incentives

The Micro small & Medium Enterprise Development Act, MSMED 2006 was launched all over the country from 2nd Oct 2006.The Act facilitates the micro, small & medium Enterprises in the following ways :

Promoting the Enterprises

Developing the Enterprises and

Enhancing the competitiveness of Enterprises

The MSME Act considers "Enterprise" as the Focus area rather than the erstwhile term of 'Industry' which has a limited scope. The Act has been made with a holistic view to emphasize the importance of service sector enterprises in the country as:

The service sectors are the driving force of the Indian economy

The abundant human resources with diverse skils that India has and

The emerging facets of the Knowledge based Economy

The term "Enterprise" denotes an industrial undertaking of service nature or any other establishment by whatever name called, engaged in the manufacture or production of goods, in any manner, pertaining to any industry specified in the first schedule to the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act 1951 or engaged in providing or rending of any service or services.

The Andaman & Nicobar Administration has recognized the importance and significance of the MSME enterprises and has provided a number of incentives and subsidies under various schemes. These measures have helped in creating the right environment for the industries to be established at different locations in the islands by tapping the specialized local talents.

The "Andaman & Nicobar Islands Transport Subsidy for Micro & Small Enterprises" (2012-2017) scheme was formulated by Directorate of Industries, A & N Administration in 2007 and was approved by the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises GOI. The subsidy scheme shall remain in operation till March, 2017. Under this scheme, the freight charges incurred by any Micro/Small Enterprise shall be reimbursed as Transport Subsidy for :

Transportation of Raw Materials from any Island Port/Jetty in Andaman & Nicobar Islands to mainland and

Transportation of Finished goods from location (the place) of the Unit in Andaman & Nicobar Islands to mainland Port/Jetty.

The "Andaman & Nicobar Islands Transport Subsidy for Micro & Small Enterprises" (2012-2017) scheme was formulated by Directorate of Industries, A & N Administration in 2007 and was approved by the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises GOI. The subsidy scheme shall remain in operation till March, 2017.

Under this scheme, the freight charges incurred by any Micro/Small Enterprise shall be reimbursed as Transport Subsidy for :

Transportation of Raw Materials from any Island Port/Jetty in Andaman & Nicobar Islands to mainland and

Transportation of Finished goods from location (the place) of the Unit in Andaman & Nicobar Islands to mainland Port/Jetty.

The Directorate of Industries A&N administration under its scheme "Andaman & Nicobar Islands Capital Investment Subsidy for Micro & Small Enterprises" reimburses the amount to micro & small Enterprises on its fixed capital investment excluding land & building for the period 2012-2017 @ 25% in South Andaman, Middle and 50% in Nicobar District.

For further details about the Scheme/ Programme, please contact :General Manager,DIC, Middle Port BlairPhone No 03192-232601.

The Directorate of Industries A&N administration under its scheme " 50% Subsidy for procurement of Pollution Control Equipments and power generation Equipments for Micro & Small Enterprises" reimburses 50% subsidy for procurement of Pollution Control Equipments or Captive Power Generation Sets or Solar Power or Wind Power or Bio Mass or Hydro Power for Micro & Small Enterprises in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Enterprises subject to the maximum limit of Subsidy is Rs. 7.50 lakhs for Captive Power Generation Sets and for Pollution Control Equipments & Rs. 10.00 lakhs for Solar Power or Wind Power or Bio Mass or Hydro Power Machinery & equipments.

The Directorate of Industries, A & N Administration has formulated New Scheme/programme viz. �90% subsidy on copra dryer, Coir processing equipments, Bakery equipments, and hand tools for General Engineering, Carpentry and Handicrafts to Tribals of Andaman & Nicobar Islands� In order to uplift the socio economic development of Tribals of A & N Island.

The scheme is effective for the period 2012-17.

Under this programme 90% subsidy will be reimbursed to the Tribals of A &N islands on purchase of Copra Dryer, Coir processing equipments. Bakery equipment , hand tools for General Engineering, Carpentry and Handicrafts .

The subsidy amount under this scheme is subject to maximum of Rs. 5000/- for procurement of tools and equipments and Rs. 25000/- for procurement of improved copra dryer & procurement of Bakery equipment respectively.

The individual Tribal entrepreneur of Andaman & Nicobar Islands is eligible for the programme.

he Directorate of Industries A&N administration under its scheme "Andaman & Nicobar Islands Capital Investment Subsidy for Micro & Small Enterprises" reimburses the amount to micro & small Enterprises on its fixed capital investment excluding land & building for the period 2012-2017 @ 25% in South Andaman, Middle and 50% in Nicobar District.

For further details about the Scheme/ Programme, please contact :General Manager,DIC, Middle Port BlairPhone No 03192-232601.

About SWC Portal of A & N Admin.

In this stage, the SWC Portal for A & N has the following major objectives :

"Transparency portal"

Bring in Transparency in activities of Departments of A& N Admin involved in providing various “Clearances” to entrepreneurs to establish business units in A & N. The details of each “Clearance” are made available in this portal in a common, uniform and integrated manner, so that entrepreneur can view all details at a Single place.

"Online Application, Processing and providing Digital Clearances"

Establish an Internet based system so that :

Entrepreneurs can Apply for Clearance from a particular department and provide relevant details and supporting documents.

Departments can process the Application for clearance online for various activities like Inspections etc.,

Provide a direct Internet based interface between departments and Entrepreneur wherever deviations are noticed (Like Inspections) and

Entrepreneur can download the final Clearance document from Internet.

Share details of Clearances, Documents, Application form etc, relating to an enterprise among the Departments and bring them under one Roof. Build up the "Digital Locker" for each enterprise and SWC portal as a whole.

Monitor the activities of departments in processing the Clearances, to reduce delays in providing clearances etc.,

In the next stage, it is proposed to bring in "Business Process Reforms and Re-engineering" in all the departments involved, to reduce timelines for providing clearances.

Procedures

S.No

Procedures

1.

Fill Online Common Application Form - (CAF)

2.

Upload Supporting Documents (such as ID Proof, DPR)

3.

District Industries Centre - (DIC) will process the CAF Application and will Approve/Reject.

4.

DIC will Update the Status of CAF.

5.

DIC Approved CAF will be redirected to Other Departments for Clearance.

6.

Concerned Department will Update the Status.

7.

At any stage the Enterpreneur can Login on the Portal and Check the Status.

8.

Once all the clearances are obtained, the enterpreneur can commence his business.